Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 26, Hammond, Lake County, 19 July 1920 — Page 1

'ROMINENT CITIZEN the Leather. rOR INDIANA Fair tonlghti Tuesday fair md warmer. F; B. LEW! liiiL J HI I I I EXPIRES Oa straeta and Mwit4, 3o per copy. Delivered toy carrier la Himnoad and Welt Hammond, BOo pr month. VOL. XV, NO. 26. MONDAY, JULY 19, 1920. HAMMOND, INDIANA H TIE JUMP.

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ARRESTED II 24 HRS. All Manners of Offenses Are Brought To Attention Of Department Hinmonl police In the last 2 4 hours put In one of the busiest days in the history of the department. William Prince, 8ged 14 years. 71 State line street, created mild excitement in a local store Saturday night when he returned for the second time during the day to cash a "bogus" check. HIS SBCOND VISIT Earlier In the, afternoon he had secured $15 from the cashier. On his second visit he was nabbed by Detective S. Singer of Hammond Central station. The boy la said to be an old violator. He told police he cashed the checks to get money to spend after handing over his weekly kage.s to his father. He will be sent to the reform school. A companion of Prince", Maurice Cenley. arrested at Lake Front park Is held awaiting hearing. Conley was found 'with a $15 forged check in hia pocket. B&SAXS PAUOLE Jerry Tull. colored former inmate of Michigan City penitentiary, will be returned there today. He was arrested yesterday at his home. 525 Ames street, en request of, the prison warden, who says Tuil broke his parole. Six years of an original eight-year sentence lor grand larceny face.3 Jerry. Joseph Strysla, 2927 Fir street. Indiana Harbor, arrested at Gostlin and Hohmaa streets, as plain drunk, was fined 115 in the city court this morn, lng. He had over $125 in hia pockets when arrested. "My weekly wages," said Jee. He la a machinist. THSJBATENS SOUS CTJTTXWO Mike Smalley. 625 Kenwood avenue, who threatened to cut out the heart of an I. H. B. special agent, was fined $15 this morning on a charge of being drunk and disorderly. Hia pen knife srd a bottle of raisin whisky were taken away from him. co2rsTmss.'s store robbed Smashing the plate glass window of the Consumer's store. IS? State street, early yesterday morning, thieves entered the grocery and stole $325, which they found in the cash register. A bag containing $75 s'lppe-i "under the Wish register escaped notice of the robbers. W. K. Gledlull, 945 Oolumbis avenue, feels peeved because robbers,,, who entered his garage stole a cheap $10 bicycle and passed up a perfectly good f cur passenger "flivver." WSAT BBXCTE BOSS Bill Thomas of Robertsdale, Saturday night, after imbibing too freely of the flowing bowl, managed to reach a telephone at Lake George Inn and getting Chief of Police Peter Austgen on the wire told him a few things. What he said about the police department Is unprintable. The chief hung up, but Bill was persistent and called again. This time Sergeant Kunz took down the receiver. It got so hot from Bill's conversation Kunz hae to hang up. THOTTOHT BTE HAD A DBA At the police station Pill sobbed and sobbed. "Call up Mayor Brown. Call tip Mayor Sehrage. Call up the Whiting police chief. I got some drag you guys can't keep me here." cried Bill. He was booked as drunk, disorderly and for profanity. He will be arraigned July 24. Warner Sutherland. 1164 Myrtle avenue, accused of beinir drunk, disorderly and resisting an officer, will be arraigned July 24 in the city court. He denies all the charges. He was released on bonds of $100. Philipp Cunacoff. 541 Morton avenue, charged with violating the speed law. was fined $11 in the city court. CHXLP DISAPPEARS Learing a note at her home, S61 Calumet avenue, saying that she couldn't live any longer with her step mother whom she asserted was "persecuting" rr, little 12 year old". Edna Prtetz. disappeared Saturday nleht. Police were asked by the father, Walter Prietz, to locate the girl. She was found this morning at the horn of a friend at 258 Sibley street. The child probably will be turned over to the care of juvenile authorities. TOR A STEW COP TCoTd from Springfield. Mass.. to Chief Austgen. stating that the long awaited motorcycle is at last on the way hero and should arrive the latter part of the week, has started speculations as to the rider. Who will be selected as Hammond's third motor cop? Whose flajcen haired, dimpled. 2-year-old boy is at $5 IVity street? The chap wandered into the Doty street home yesterday. RACnrS PARTIES STOPPED Four trucks, loaded with Chicago picrue parties were captured yesterday on Calamet boulevard. Two of the trucks contained high officials of metropolitan department stores. The drivers were each assessed bonds of $25 for appearance today. rno of them showed up. TRAFriC HELD TJP Traffic over Hohman and State streets, was held up for more than half an hour at downtown railroad crossings late Sunday evening when a long freight train was rendered immovable by alleged striking switchmen. The train was moving slowly south. When the locomotive had reached a point south of the Erie depot, strikers are said to have run in between cars and opening the angle cocks forced the train to stop. Employes of the railroad finally managed to repair the air break the whole langth of the train.

Friends Lament Sad Ending of Arthur Becker

.'1: bidhi Wirt rf. ain,3Mflawaciv-awAft THE LATE ARTHUR BECKER Mourned by a wide host of frierds and admirers. Arthur Becker, son of former Alderman J. C- Becker, will be laid away to rest tomorrow as the result of the terrible motor accident, in which he met htw death Friday n!ght. He was a promising chemist, a graduate of Furdue university and had a brilliant future before him. The funeral will take place from All Paints' at nine o'clock. Rev. Fath-r Barrett will officiate. , CO. ROBBED A professional safe-blowing was pulled off In East Chicago on Saturday night when the safe of the Consumers Company was blown open and $SS4 taken. No trace of the robber has been found but the East Chicago police are waiting for a special investigator of the Consumers Company who Is expected to identify the work as that of the same gang which has been robbing the company's offices in Chicago. Bertillon Captain Wm Hughes was detailed on the case but was unable to find a single finger print, the robbers evidently having worn gloves even In taking out the window through which they entered. The only trace was a piece of small corper wire which had been used with the battery in firing the charge. The safe was neatly opened by charg es which had been placed just below the combination and below the bar handle. Coats had been placed over the safe in order to muffle the sounds. IT WAS LIQUOR HE SAID On July 3. C. R . Shepherd of Hammond decided to see how the I. H. T . railroad was getting along with the new bunch of switchmen who had taken the place of the C. Y. A. men who quit their Jobs. With several shots of liquor under his belt he strolled up Burnham avenue, in West Hammond, to the railroad yards. There were switch men there. Shephard yielded to the temptation and called one of them a "scab." This m6rning Shepherd appeared In the West Hammond police court and briefly told h a story in connection with pleading guilty to a disorderly conduct charge. "I was down there watch ing them birds." he said, "and sot into a little argument. I called a fellow a "feab" and then a railroad "hull" nabbed me. I wouldn't have said a word if I hadn't been drunk." He paid $1 and costs. Notice to Automobile and Truck Owners and Drivers We have had several deaths occur in the last few days due to the carelessness of automobile and truck drivers in not obeying the speed limits, ft forth by the state law. This is to n"tify you that commencing this day all officers will arrest all drivers violating the fpeed laws. You are allowed to run not to exceed ten miles per hour in, the business section of any city and not to exceed fifteen ! miles per hour in any of the residential districts of any city. Kindly give us your co-operation in this matter and watch y.ur speedometer. 7-17-3 DANIEL BROWN. Mayor. PENN. RAILWAY REDUCES FORCES INTERNATIONAL NEWS ERVICE1 BALTIMORE. Md.. JiHy 19. Ten rer cent of the employes in the maintenance, equipment and clerical departments of the Baltimore division of the Pennsylvania railway will lose their jobs Wednesday. Notice of this reduction in the working forces has been posted In all local shops and offices and is believed to foreshadow a general order affecting the entire Pennsylvania system. Hundreds of local railroad men will be forced to seek other employment because of the reduction order, but there will be no reduction at-this time of engineer?, firemen, brakemen or conductors, dispatchers, gatemen. porters or ticket bardlcrs. Economy is given by officials of the railroad company a the reason for the reduction in working force. v

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Eelatives of Mrs .Argo Arrive to Take Body to Her Old Home. Shocked by the v'.itimely death late Saturday night of Arthur Becker, popular young Purdue graduate, killed when the Automobile in which he was riding with Alvln Schreiber. telescoped a load ed milk truck, and deeply touched by the tragedy surrounding the death of Mrs. Lllliaji Argo, mother cf three del pendent children, who died beneath the wheels of an automobile driven by Albert Pack, president of the Hubbard Steel Foundry Co., as she was returning from work at the Reld Murdoch plant. Hammond, tomorrow, will witness the funeral of the two victims. Arrangements were completed today by the husband of the dead woman for transportation of the body to Mc-ntl-cello. ill,, where burial will be made. The body now lies in state at the Eramerling mortuary. With the arrival here yesterday of the son Kenneth, from Camp Penning, Ga.. the father c-f the family came a few hours later. His whereabouts previously bad not been nnown to the dead wife, according to the children. Mr. Pack, whose auto killed Mrs. Argo, Is said to have amply cared for the children. Besides agreeing tc meet all funeral erpenses and clothing for the youngsters it is said that he anticipates taking up the burden of raising the family, long borne by the dead mother, and will see that the children are placed in school. The funeral of Arthur Becker, I in of J. C. Becker, will be held frcm All Saint's church tomorrow morning, at 9 o'clock. Father Eward C. Barrett will celeorate requiem high mass. Interment will be made at St. Joseph's cemetery. DRY LEADER DUBS i Choice of Prohis for Presidency Waxes Sarcastic at Governor's Expense. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! LINCOLN. NEB., July 13 Cl.nton N. Howard, choice of Nebraska prohibitionists for the presidential nonfination of the dry party, told three Lincoln audiences yesterday that within ten years prohibition will cover "the civilized world including New JerRe v . Howard. . although considered presidential timber suggests a ticket and platform which he feels confluent will sweep the country William Jen nings Bryan and "Billy" Sunday, as atirHrietes with the slogan of "Peace and Prohibition." Fraise for President "Wilson and the league of nations and sarcasm for "Cocktail Cox" were Included In Howard's talks. He intimated that the -main drive of the prohibitionists would be to elect a dry congress. TO KIRK HOTEL The origin of the Kirk Hotel fire at Third avenue and Tyler street which treatened to destroy the entire build ing early Saturday morning Is still a mystery. For twenty-four hours the fire department have been trying to solve its origin but this morning were unahle to offer any solution. It is estimated that close to $2,000 damage was done to the building and contents. Shortly after 2 o'clock on Saturday morning fire broke out on the first floor of the hotel and for time threatened the entire building. The hotel which hag something like ninety rooms is used by railroad men employed at the E J. & E. yards'. Smoke fllle the entire building and although a large gong gave a signal of fire, many of the sleepers did not hear the alarm and it was with difficulty that the firemen roused the sleepers . SENTIMENT IN CAR STRIKE INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE) CHICAGO. July 19 Normal conditions were restored to Chicago's street car service today as the result of an agreement effected late Sunday between th company and the maintenance of service employes whose walkout partially tied up surface transportation for three clays. The strikers obtained an increase in wages. SEEK HAMMOND GIRL Search is being made in Gary today for 12-year-old Edna Prietz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Prietz. 361 Columbia avenue, HammCnd, who disappeared from her home on Saturday of last week and has not been seen or heard of since. She is described as being tall and slender has a light complexion, wore a black skirt, blue middy blouse, black stockings and tan shoes. EIGHT KILLED INEXPLOSION PITTSBURGH. Pa.. July 19 Eight men were killed in an explosion of gas in the coal mine of the Un.on colliers company at Benton, near here today. A spark from an electric switch is believed to have ignited the gas. All the dead are forelgnerr '

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CSZCAOO, July 13. A number of papors, including a xnetnoraodtun of the waffe award to b uaouced by th 17. S. railway board tomorrow, were artolaa from the offices of the board by aa intruder who gained aa entrance to the offloe through a traaaom, it was announced by the board officials today. Tha theft was committed lata Sunday or early this morning. "Some one evidently wanted to obtain advance Information concerning the award," said Chairman R. M. Barton, of the board, who ordered an investigation of the robbery. By GILMAN PARKER STAFF CORRESPONDENT I N. SERVICE CHICAGO, July 19. More than 500 representatives of the 16 big railroad brotherhoods met in Chicago today as the grand council of the rail unions to prepare for the receiving of the wage award which the V. S. railroad labor board will announce at 10 o'clock tomorrow. A report was current at the council meeting that the aggregate of the wage raise would be from $500,000,000 to $600,000,000 annually, or from 80 to 60 rer cent of the aggregate asked by the brotherhoods. It was stated by some of the union heads that if this proves to be true, acceptance of tte schedules, in their opinion, will be submitted to a referendum of the rail employes. This would require thirty days to complete. Earlier it was reported that if the award proves unacceptable, a national strike may be called at once. The taking of a referendum would remove the menace of an immediate strike. Chairman R. M. Barton, of the railroad labor board, admitted in a statement today that not all the groups of rail workers would be pleased with the MILLER BEACH A week end outing claimed the life of Mike Skokarski. 4638 Cottag Grove avenue. Chicago, yesterday afternoon when he stepped off the edge of a sand bar. went beyond his depth and was drowned at Miller Beach. His companion. Miss W. Land of Wagoner. Okla.. had a narrow escape. The tragedy occurred two and a half miles east of Miller beach. Miss Land who has been visiting at the University Settlement Club at the above address and a party of friends came to the lake to camp at Miller over the week-end . The first news of the tragedy was brought to the life guards at the Beach by a Boy Scout who stated that two people had been drowned a long distance down the beach. Exhausted, Miss Land wa staken.out of the water and revived after she had gone down for the third time. Skokarski's body has not been found. Efforts are being made by Coroner E. E. Evans and the Gary police today to find some trace of the man's relatives. Members of the party witnessed the drowning. HEAR JOHNSON WILL SURRENDER f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE LOS ANGELES, CA L . . July 19 Jack Johnson, negro puglist. will surrender to Sheriff John C. Cllne. of Los Angeles county, at San Diego tomorrow night, it was stated here today. Eighteen trunks owned by Johnson and his wife are being inspected today by customs officers as a preliminary. Johnson will be brought to Los Angeles and will leave Thursday for Chicago to answer the. Mann act charge which caused him to become a fugitive from justice about six years ago. DEATH OF YOUNG MATRON Lyda Mary Overmeyer, aged 23 years died last night at Oak Glenn? 111. She leaves a husband and twins a boy and girl, which were born yesterday. The remains will be shipped to Ora, Ind., for burial tomorrow afternoon in charge of undertaker Neidow. DEATH OFjDONNAHA CROWN POINT. Ind.. July 19. Stalei Donnaha, aged 65. brother of John Donnaha, bailiff of the Lake Criminal court died at the home of his sister here, today. Mrs. Esther Hoffman. His dath was caused by ulcer of the stomach. The decedent was a bachelor. NO TRUTH IN STORY Several Gary police officers investigated a refort shortly after S o'clock this morning, to the effect that a man had fallen off a Lake Shore train, one mile east of the station and probably received severe injuries. The report proved to be without foundation, however, as no trace of an injured man could be found. MANY BOATS DOCK All loaded down with cargoes of iron ore, 13 boats from the I-ake Superior region docked and discharged their car goes at the Gary harbor last week, set ting a new record for boat arrivals. The week previous 18 boats discharged their cargoes. "I

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award. Section by section the award will be considered end voted upon by the grand council, and on the outcome will rest the acceptance of the award on behalf of the two million railroad workers of the country or the authorization by brotherhood heaijs of a national strike. Reports that details of the award were knowg by the brotherhood chiefs and that the latter 'were dissatisfied with them were in wide circulation as the grand council opened its meeting. The attitude of a number of the union leaders was expressed by .5. M. Heberling. international president of the Switchmen's Union of North America, uhen he statod that the brotherhoods would not be compelled to accept the award if it was not voted upon as satisfactory following its receipt officially tomorrow. "We are not bound to accept the award granted by the federal labor board," said Mr. Heberling. "Close perusal of the Esch-Curnsnins law discloses that the decisions of the board are not compulsory. "I should not like to see a general rail strike. Within 48 hours it would force the industries of the country to close down." Among the brotherhood leaders, who attended the opening session of the grand council were W. S. Carter, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen; W. S. Stone, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; L. E. Shepard. president of the order of Railway Conductors, and W. G. Lee, president of the brotherhood of railway trainmen. They are known as the "big four" of railway organized labor. Among a number of the rail union heads, the fear was expressed that if they failed to admit the necessity of a strike in the event the award is adjudged unsatisfactory, the rail workers would walk out anyhow.

EX-KAISER'S SON KILLS HIMSELF Prince Joachim Shoots Him self in Bed; Recently Divorced from Wife. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE BERLIN. Julv 19 Friends of the Hobenzollern family today expressed fear that the news of the suicide of Prince Joachim mirht have a aerloua if not fatal effect upon the ex-kais-erin who is very ill of a heart affection at Doom, Holland. . Prince Joachim was the youngest of the kaiserin's six aona and the favorite child of the ex-kaiserln. Preparations were made for private funeral ceremonies. Efforta were made by the authoritiea to make it appear that Joachim died of injuries received in an automobile ac cident. It waa learned, however, that he shot himself in the left breast while lying in bed In his modest apartment in Potsdam, dying four hours later in St. Joseph's hospital. He was recent ly aivorcea from his wife. Joachim is reported to have been on a carouse. On Friday night he appeared at the railway station and creat ed a scene In the buffet. He had no ticket to Potadam nor any money and was drunk and Quarrelsome. Friends of the dead prince said he had been drinking heavily for some time. He had contracted large gambling debts which he borrowed money to pay. His creditors were pressing J him and threatening to make trouble. I This is believed to be one of the chief reasons that led him to take his life. So far as known Joachim was not receiving an allowance from either hli father or mother. Count Reventlow. long a friend of Joachim's, said that the dead youth had long brooded and was deeply depressed by his own family troubles, his debts, and the illness of his father and mother. OFFICIALS DUEL TO ONE'S DEATH INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 19.Deputy sheriffs of rival Kentucky counties engaged in a duel to the death on the depot Platform at Walllns. Harlin county, when Jesse Jumps, a Harlin county deputy, tried to arrest James Adams, a Bell county deputy, claiming he had moonshine whisky. Adams opened fire. Jumps returned it and shot Adams through the heart. FIENDISH TRY . TO POISON BABE MUNCIE. IND.. July 19 An investigation was begun today into a fiendish attempt made Sunday night to poison the nine-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Denny, of Eaton, Ind.. ten miles north of Muncie . The would-be murderer substituted a nursing bottle filled with carbolic acid for the baby's regular nursing bottle. The infant was badly burned, but will reco-er. The Denney's have been separated for several weeks. PLAYS BALL IN STREET Eight yeAr old Leonard Kelly. 524 Madison street had a lucky escape from severe injury yesterday afternoon when he wns struck by an auto driven by Arthur Camduff. 732 Van Buren street. Mr. CarndufT stated that some boys were playing ball in the middle of the street and Kolly ran directly in front of the machine. The lad's Injuries were not aerlous. -

Has Been Proclaimed Prettiest. Girl in U. S.

I Is r lit . , - i1"-"- f "v - ? MISS GEIITRIDE OLMSTKAD No less authorities on feminine charms than the Judges of the beautycontest held by the Elks in Chicago have prc-claimed Miss Gertrude Olmstead. of LaSalle, 111., the- most beautiful girl they have ever peen. Officially thy have declared that she is the prettiest young woman In the United States. Here !s & chance to Judge for yourself. FOUR TRIED SPECIAL TO THE TIMES1 CROWN' POINT. IND.. July 13 Four murder cases will be tried in the Criminal court this week and the names of the defendants are as follows: Hilano Hernandez, East Chicago, tried on Tuesday. Sparida Zaran, Hammond, tried on Wednesday. Nick Dundovich, of Gary, tried on Thursday. Will Thornton. Fred Horn, Indiana Harbor, tried on Friday. GET 3 STILLS AND 700 GALLONS MASH The East Chicago police Saturday night stopped the simmering cf three more c-ti'ls and u-iti'oyed about TOO gallons of niasli in two iids whicil netted four distille -a . John and Steve Bolia were operating two large stills at 3553 Pennsylvania ave. an dwlth 600 gallons of mash were prepared to do a rushing business . Wm. Koval and John Kaspil had a small still at 3921 Elm st . with which they hoped to make enough for themselves and friends. HAD VISITED THE HARBOR Albert Schneider and William Kock of Hammond, were arrested Saturday in West Hammond after they had appeared on the streets in a drunken condition and widely advertised the fact. The men. who claimed they-had been in Indiana Harbor to get some liquor, became sick while wandering aimlessly about the streets and soon became a nuisance. Citizens complained and they were taken into lustody. Bnth were later released on bonds and will appear before Judge Kowalski on Tuesday evening. COL. RILEY VISITS THE CAPITOL INDIAN.VPOLIsTlND., July 19. Waller J. Riley, known as the finance king of the Calumet district, who owns four banka that do business with about 40 nationalities and pay Interest in seven languages. Is in town. While Mr. Riley paid a visit or two to the legislature, his real business hern j8 to llly K(jlf with Clarence L Kirk, vice president and, general manager of the Indianipolls Water company. On the fairway Mr. Riley swings a wicked brassie. FALLS 500 FEET; ISJTNINJURED VALPARAISO. Ind., July 17. H. R. Speer. an aviator, of Chicago, fell 500 feet in an airplane eastvof here and escaped uninjured. The machine struck on the tracks of the Pennsylvania lines and bounded over against a fence. Speer was attempting a tail spin, and got too close to the ground. He arrived in the city yesterday to join a group of aviators carrying passengers. HAMMOND SHOWS LOSS The American Contractor's resume of building statistics from large cities for June compared with previous June gives these figpres from leading Indiana cities reporting: June June Gain Lf-ss 1920 1919 Pet. Pet. Evansvllle . .$175.36 96.910" So .. Ft. Myne.. 47.385 24S.143 99 .. Hammond .. 13.030 218. SSO ... f,2 Indianapolis 136.391 1,044.260 ... 13 Richmond .. 123.4T.O 45.250 175 .. po. Bend.... 40.31' 91.87S ... 62 Terre Hsute 99.041 80.545 23 .. Try a "limes Want Ad

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COLORADO Was Plant Superintendent of S.O. Co., Community Worker and City Official SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; WHITING. IND.. July 19 Thii city was startled beyond measure yesterday and universally mourns the ueatn ef Frank B. Lewis, plant superintendent of the Standard Oil Co., which occurred at Junita Springs, Colorado. News of the sad affair came In th-i shape of a telegram to officials of th company and spread over the city w here the decedent was so well known, like wild-fire. WEST AWAY FOR REST Full details of the passing away of Mr. Lewis are not yet obtainable, but it is know n that he has been suffering ever since he went to Junita Springs three weeks ago with a complication of liver and kidney diseases. HU health has not been good for two years ,ut he kept piuckiiy at his varied

duties as plant superintendent of th" Standard Oil Company, a member oT Mayor Walter Schrage's board of public works and chairman of the Community Service Council. WAR SHOKIK.NED LIFE As has been the case with so many public men whose lives have ended over the United States during the past two years, Mr. Lewis' life waj undoubtedly shortened by additional activities he assumed as a result of therar and reconstruction. He w as one cf Whiting's favorite citizens and highly esteemed by the Standard Oil Corporation with which, he had been connected for thirty yaari. working his way up to one of the moit responsible positions in the plant frota a laboratory position. . Throughout the Calumet region he was largely acquainted and recognized as a factor in the civic and public life of Whiting. PROMISLST IS MAM WATS He was one of the most influential members of the Board of Public Works 'and had charge of police and fire department matters on the board. He was elected chairman of the Community Service Council and an enthusiastic worker for the new community house. Indeed, he was one of those largely responsible for the latter move ment. He was a member of the Whiting Elka, the Hammond chapter of Masona. the Hammond Country Club and many other civic organizations. No public movement for the good of Whiting could be inaugurated without his sharing prominently in it." LEAVES WIFE ASD DAVGHTEB Mr. Lewis leaves a wife, Mrs. Katherine Lewis, who was with him when he died and a daughter. Mrs. Donald Maes of Wood River, 111. The remains are on their way to Whiting and will arrive on Tuesday in the city. The. funeral will take place on Wednesday afternoon and the body will be sent to New York for burial. ALL FOR GOV. COX ET J. BART CAMPBELL STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICH " WASHINGTON. July 13 All of'th political influence the Wilson admints tration can muster, is to be thrown behind Gov. James M. C'X. democratic nominee for president, it was stated in White Huusc circles today. Just as soon as Cox delivers his speech, of acceptance scheduled to be made August 10 President Wilson and those, prominently identified with - his administration, will begin to take an active part in a concerted drive to roll up votes for the democratic candidate, tt was added. This is to be the sequel of the understanding reached between the pe idem and Cox. by which the democratic nominee Is to carry the league-'.i nations issue into every state in accordance with the presidents view? and wishes, it was explained. The etateme-t sissued by the-tw men after their Sunday conference t the White House to the effect that tnv had found themselves in complete accord, did not surprise official Washington. The know-ledge that the White House had been in almost constant communication with the Ohio governor prior to his visit to Washington rand that the president and the mawho aspires to succeed him had foun'J. themselves in agreement before ihey met prepared official Washington for the statements. Cox left Washington after his conference with I'resident Wilson . na other administration leaders with definite assurances that he would receive the fullest support that all tha far reaching federal machinery could give him. It was permitted to become known at the White House that the president was extremely pleased With the dmocratic nominee, ..both personally a'hfi because of his expressed willingness to take up the president's fight for' the entry of the U. S. into the league of nations. Cox denied, however, he had discusi sed the moot question of the modification of the Volstead act with the president. Further evidences of the "harmony program" mapped out by the president and Cox and other democratic leaders were seen in Cox's statement that he had reached no decision as to who' he desired to be chairman of the democratic national committee during his campaign. It was learned that Ed. H. Moore. Cox's convention manager, had sail he would not accept the chairmanship." It was also stated that Homer &J Cumming would not be re-elected when the democratic national committee foregathers with Cox at Columbus, Ohio, tomorrow and that whoever waa selecfd wuuld be one satisfactory to Cox, Moore and former Congressman George White, of Ohio, another of Cex's convention manager'

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